This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. (March 8, 2004)

The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover’s navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover’s panoramic camera of Earth. The contrast in the panoramic camera image was increased two times to make Earth easier to see. The inset shows a combination of four panoramic camera images zoomed in on Earth. The arrow points to Earth. Earth was too faint to be detected in images taken with the panoramic camera’s color filters.

The image is reminiscent of the famous pale blue dot capture by Voyager 1.

From this week on we are going to give away some free accessories. We start with a pair of Bluetooth headphones. All you have to do is: Tag 3 friends, +1 and Share this post. That’s it. A winner will be randomly selected next week. Good luck guys! #OppoFreebies﻿

You’ve seen pictures of the Milky Way in the past, but you’ve never seen one like this. Pictured here is the final result of the Photopic Sky Survey by astrophotographer Nick Risinger. Learn more about it here: http://bit.ly/1stfltz﻿